Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Phalin

Thomas L. Phalin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4502313
    Abstract: An apparatus for drawing and ironing a cup with a peripheral flange from relatively thin material into an elongated container also having a flange by moving a die and punch relative to one another and draw clamping and centering sleeve coaxial therewith and thereafter applying a bottom forming member axially relative to the die against the punch to profile shape said container bottom without the benefit of coolant flooding of said material during drawing and ironing, the improvement comprising; a die of a predetermined shape and size carried in the apparatus, a punch of a predetermined shape and size for cooperating with said die and each having surfaces which define a clearance therebetween during forming of said material; separate passages through said die means and said punch means to permit flow of coolant; valving in line with die and punch passages for independent control of the coolant flow from a supply means to said die and punch to permit regulation of the operating temperature of said die means wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Thomas L. Phalin, James J. Ulmes
  • Patent number: 4485663
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a product, the process for making same from precoated metal and the tool used for making the product. The product is a concurrently drawn and ironed sanitary food can wherein the side wall thickness of the container is relatively uniform and approximately 0.001" thinner than the thickness of the starting material. The process is a concurrent multiple drawing and ironing operation wherein the diameter and the wall thickness are reduced in each of a plurality of operations. Finally, the tools used for each drawing and ironing operation have particular configurations designed to permit this concurrent forming of both the diameter and the side wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Vance B. Gold, Thomas L. Phalin
  • Patent number: 4412440
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a product, the process for making same from precoated metal and the tool used for making the product. The product is a concurrently drawn and ironed sanitary food can wherein the side wall thickness of the container is relatively uniform and approximately 0.001" thinner than the thickness of the starting material. The process is a concurrent multiple drawing and ironing operation wherein the diameter and the wall thickness are reduced in each of a plurality of operations. Finally, the tools used for each drawing and ironing operation have particular configurations designed to permit this concurrent forming of both the diameter and the side wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Thomas L. Phalin, James J. Ulmes
  • Patent number: 4405058
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a product, the process for making same from precoated metal and the tool used for making the product. The product is a concurrently drawn and ironed sanitary food can wherein the side wall thickness of the container is relatively uniform and approximately 0.001" thinner than the thickness of the starting material. The process is a concurrent multiple drawing and ironing operation wherein the diameter and the wall thickness are reduced in each of a plurality of operations. Finally, the tools used for each drawing and ironing operation have particular configurations designed to permit this concurrent forming of both the diameter and the side wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventor: Thomas L. Phalin